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This is what is meant by taking the mark of the beast. It may be inevitable that stuff like this will take shape in the world, but it doesn't have to be through you.

How to make a program that does what you asked it to do, and then add arbitrary fudge factors as the notion strikes you to "correct" for the bogeyman of bias. Suppose sentiment for…

It actually might be a lucky thing that you heard a crackle and smelled smoke, because whatever burned up might have left a sign on the board. If you look at the board carefully un…

I'm not trolling. Thanks, I read the page you provided, but it doesn't answer my question. Are you able to describe a procedure to determine whether a person is of color?

I'm sorry. I don't want to make you or anyone else upset. But my honest opinion is that this is a productive thread that people can learn from, even if it isn't of the form you exp…

I asked them. They're not sure either. Is there a test we can do to know for sure?

Are you able to answer the question?

Sure. What I'm asking for is an explain-like-I'm-5 style explanation of how you determine whether someone is a person of color. Are you able to do that? Thanks.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean. I'm not playing a word game. Someone earlier in the thread asked if somebody was a person of color, and I just want to know how to determine that…

I see, sorry about that. Are you able to answer the question in your own words?

You're suggesting I don't have adult intellectual capacity, right? If it's an easy question, could you just answer it? I'm not sure what "treated as nonwhite" would entail.

I don't know. How do I find out for sure?

I'm not sure if I'm a person of color. Could you explain how one would find out?

> I understand that most western countries have societal controls grown over the past centuries. The Chinese did not, and are catching up quickly by implementing similar controls a…

It doesn't matter how you invest. You can't protect yourself from karma with money.

I went looking for the story on Chinese sites, even though my Chinese is not quite good enough for this to be practical. I couldn't find anything, so I asked one Chinese friend and…

I lived in China for three years. I speak Mandarin. The article you linked is a report in western media. Can you find the same story in Chinese media?

You're right, the sentiment is not shared by most Chinese people. Then again, most of them wouldn't recognize the Tank Man picture. They have no legitimate news journalism. Their v…

> it may have positive benefits for Chinese citizens because government officials can be blacklisted for corrupt behaviour I understand the Guardian's reporter needs to report what…

Is it possible to only discriminate in favor of some group without discriminating against some other group?

> we still need a way to get from where we are now to where we want to be. It has been happening already. It's as if we've been gradually smoking less and less, and then a movement…

This is a harmful way of thinking, unfortunately on the rise lately. Ostensibly to promote fairness and diversity, it encourages us to think more about arbitrary racial categories,…

> I have really no idea what you're talking about with respect to water fountains and busses. Assuming good faith here. Let me try again. The idea is that saying the n-word while n…

You say my words send signals, and that the signals depend in this case on the color of my skin. That seems to me to be an evasive way of saying some people will discriminate wheth…

You can call me a racist all you want. At the end of the day, I'm advocating one standard of conduct for everyone without distinction by race, while my opponents are arguing for di…